Here we go as we continue on with another batch of musicians sharing their responses to our Holiday Q & A! In Part 9 we are pleased to feature the following:
- Michael Guerrero – Vocalist/Guitarist, A Hero To Fall
- Thira
- Daniel Ingram – Guitarist, Survive This!
- Lupe Fuentes
- Alexander Leach – Guitarist, Kingsborough
- Bradley Green – Bassist, When Earth Awakes
- Kyle Vorts – Bassist, Snow White Smile
- Simon Nagel – Bassist, Knee High Fox
- George V. Radutu – Guitarist, The Rabid Whole
- Leon Todd – Guitarist, Ragdoll
- David Campbell Watson
Michael Guerrero
Vocalist/Guitarist, A Hero To Fall
https://www.facebook.com/aherotofall3
What is the oddest gift you have ever received?
Oddest Gift: 5$ because it was also the Christmas that i got my first armpit hair
What is your favorite Holiday Food Item?
Eggnongg. I am lactose intolerant soooo yeah….
What is your favorite Holiday family tradition that you still do today?
Enchiladas
Do you have a favorite holiday movie or song?
Carol Of the Bells and Movie Polar Express…
Do you have a specific memory of a certain ornament or holiday decoration?
My mom always put a special angel on the top of the tree!
Thira
https://www.facebook.com/thiraband
What is the oddest gift you have ever received?
I think one of the best and strangest gifts we ever received was a fantastic piece of fan art done in colored pencil. It was a steampunk dragon (top hat and monocle) and had stick figures of all the members of Thira riding it. We each had stick figure versions of our instruments and microphones as well.
What is your favorite Holiday Food Item?
Stuffing. Gravy as a bonus.
What is your favorite Holiday family tradition that you still do today?
Chrstmas stockings. It was like a pregame for Christmas – we opened them the night before. My mom would hand knit our names into an oversized wool sock.
Do you have a favorite holiday movie or song?
Christmas Vacation. It’s definitely my favorite of the Vacation series.
Do you have a specific memory of a certain ornament or holiday decoration?
I remember a homemade rabbit with a Santa hat. It was a homemade dough clay that I tried to eat because it had flour. It tasted terrible.
Daniel Ingram
Guitarist, Survive This!
https://www.facebook.com/survivethismusic
What is the oddest gift you have ever received?
The oddest gift I’ve received was probably an electric coffee cup that I ended up using to make top ramen on tour with.
What is your favorite Holiday Food Item?
My favorite holiday is definitely a toss up between stuffing and garlic mashed potatoes.
What is your favorite Holiday family tradition that you still do today?
I think my favorite tradition still to this day is getting to open one gift on Christmas Eve. I usually always hope for socks now.
Do you have a favorite holiday movie or song?
I love The Muppets Christmas Carol and now I’ve added The Grinch to the list since it came out.
Do you have a specific memory of a certain ornament or holiday decoration?
When I was a kid we had a sugar bear ornament that said sugar bear catch phrases and to me it was a huge deal because talking toys were mind blowing to my undeveloped brain haha.
Lupe Fuentes
https://twitter.com/lupefuentes
What is the oddest gift you have ever received?
A friend of mine got me a box… an empty box, I guess it is something you are supposed to use to collect other things and put inside, but I must admit, it was a let down after I unwrapped it, because I thought that there was an actual gift inside.
What is your favorite Holiday Food Item?
Panettone, hands down Panettone
What is your favorite Holiday family tradition that you still do today?
Every Christmas day,I go on a long hike with my family and my dogs EVERY Christmas… usually in Malibu and really enjoy nature!
Do you have a favorite holiday movie or song?
Every year , when im setting up the Xmas tree, We listen to the Beatles! A long medley.
Do you have a specific memory of a certain ornament or holiday decoration?
I have stockings with all my dog’s names over the fireplace. I have three dogs, two Chihuahuas and a French bulldog and they LOVE the holidays because I put lots of snacks in their stockings!
Alexander Leach
Guitarist, Kingsborough
https://www.facebook.com/KINGSBOROUGHBAND
What is the oddest gift you have ever received?
Tie dye titie whities would have to be the strangest gift I’ve recieved. My Aunt said she thought I would like them…
What is your favorite Holiday Food Item?
My Mom makes awesome cinnamon rolls on Christmas.
What is your favorite Holiday family tradition that you still do today?
I dress up as Santa at my Grandparent’s Christmas party every year. My best friend Andrew portrays an excellent “Santa’s lil helper” (“drunken elf”).
Do you have a favorite holiday movie or song?
I love hearing “Wonderful Christmastime” by Sir Paul. And a Christmas Story is the ultimate holiday movie for me. Or 8 crazy nights.
Do you have a specific memory of a certain ornament or holiday decoration?
There’s an ornament I made in 1st grade with a picture of my 1st grade self on it. I look like Alfalfa who just put his finger in a light socket. Happy holidays!
Bradley Green
Bassist, When Earth Awakes
https://www.facebook.com/whenearthawakes
What is the oddest gift you have ever received?
The oddest gift Ive ever received probably would have to be a leaf-blower back when I was around 15. I have no idea why but I still to this day have not used it yet
What is your favorite Holiday Food Item?
I honestly don’t have a favorite holiday food item, I love eating so il pretty much feast on anything anytime of the year.
What is your favorite Holiday family tradition that you still do today?
I don’t believe I have any holiday family traditions, just typical hangouts with the family.
Do you have a favorite holiday movie or song?
I’d have to say my favorite holiday movie would have to be Home Alone, I used to watch that all the time as a little kid and its carried me on to adulthood. In terms of music, I always find my self blasting the August Burns Red Sleddin Hill album along with their other work this time of year.
Do you have a specific memory of a certain ornament or holiday decoration?
I can’t say I have a specific memory of any ornament or decoration but I do remember back when I was younger, one day during the winter it began to lightly snow around my home. Where I’m from we don’t get much snow so this was a pretty big deal. I stupidly decided I’d try to snowboard off the top of my roof. It definitely did not go as expected.
Kyle Vorst
Bassist – Snow White Smile
https://www.facebook.com/snowwhitesmileband
What is the oddest gift you have ever received?
The oddest gift I’ve ever received would probably be a mummified bat from my wife. She gets me.
What is your favorite Holiday Food Item?
Favorite holiday food would have to be the 3 flavored popcorn that comes in a tin.
What is your favorite Holiday family tradition that you still do today?
Favorite holiday tradition would be going to Disneyland around the holidays.
Do you have a favorite holiday movie or song?
Favorite holiday movie is Batman Returns
Do you have a specific memory of a certain ornament or holiday decoration?
We have these special Nightmare Before Christmas ornaments we got when we went to Paris
Simon Nagel
Bassist, Knee High Fox
https://www.facebook.com/KneeHighFox
What is the oddest gift you have ever received?
A french to english dictionary. I don’t speak french and I don’t have any plans of learning anytime soon…But it’s the thought that counts.
What is your favorite Holiday Food Item?
I love it all… turkey, stuffing, yams… whatever ya got!
What is your favorite Holiday family tradition that you still do today?
Christine [Knee High Fox] and all of our friends, we always have this party around Christmas time called the Christmas Craft Thrasher. Basically it’s supposed to be a little get together where we all decorate the Christmas tree and stuff, but it usually ends up turning into a crazy party pretty quickly.
Do you have a favorite holiday movie or song?
“Christmas In Hollis” by Run DMC.
Do you have a specific memory of a certain ornament or holiday decoration?
If I was going to pick something I’d probably pick this big advent calendar that, when I was a kid, we’d hang from our door and it’d be filled with chocolate. Other than that I don’t remember many specific ornaments.
George V. Radutu
Guitartist, The Rabid Whole
https://www.facebook.com/therabidwhole
What is the oddest gift you have ever received?
The oddest gift I received was during a Chinese gift exchange. It was a BBQ utensil set, which I had no use for. I kept it but 5 years later ended up opening it and put it to good use.
What is your favorite Holiday Food Item?
Cream puffs. The frozen ones.
What is your favorite Holiday family tradition that you still do today?
Plain-old visiting my family is always nice.
Do you have a favorite holiday movie or song?
Bing Crosby singing “White Christmas”, and any of those oldies you hear in Home Alone. The first 2. Not the last 3 or 4.
Do you have a specific memory of a certain ornament or holiday decoration?
There’s this ornament that had Santa and Rudolph riding in an old white 40’s car. The kind with the curved back and the long front. I also had a Super Mario stocking that my parents put cool things in.
Leon Todd
Guitartist, Ragdoll
https://www.facebook.com/ragdollrock
What is the oddest gift you have ever received?
A Cliff Richard calendar. Odd but awesome.
What is your favorite Holiday Food Item?
Pavlova; it’s an Aussie tradition!
What is your favorite Holiday family tradition that you still do today?
I’m very lucky to live so close to the ocean, and Christmas Day is in summer here, so an afternoon swim is always in order.
Do you have a favorite holiday movie or song?
Movie: Miracle on 34th Street. Get’s me every time.
Music: Michael Buble’s Christmas album is now mandatory listening for me come the holidays.
Do you have a specific memory of a certain ornament or holiday decoration?
Wrapping myself up in tinsel while trying to decorate the Christmas tree. Part of any well balanced childhood!
David Campbell Watson
Dissolution Records
https://www.facebook.com/DissolutionRecords
What is the oddest gift you have ever received?
My mother-in-law gave me a mini plastic pool table. When I say mini, I mean minute. She was a great fan of me.
What is your favorite Holiday Food Item?
Strange British tradition called Mince Pies
What is your favorite Holiday family tradition that you still do today?
Bucks Fizz and smoked salmon for breakfast. (Bucks Fizz is a Mimosa!)
Do you have a favorite holiday movie or song?
Got to be James Taylor – For Auld Lang Syne.
Do you have a specific memory of a certain ornament or holiday decoration?
I made a cardboard santa out of a toilet roll for my mum. She still puts it on the tree every year.
That is it for Part 8 of our Holiday Q & A, we hope you continue to have a wonderful Holiday Season!
~ Marisol, Rockin’ Ryan, Rachel, Steve, Brandon, and Music Junkie Press!
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